Use "Save" when you
want to store a file you are working with the same filename, same location
and same file type.
Use "Save As" when you
want to change the filename, location or filetype.
-You want to keep the old file but keep
the new changes. (ie. Use a new filename when you save)
-You want to save it in a new place and keep the old one in the current
place.
When saving a file for
the first time, they will both behave the same like "Save As..".
Use
Save to store changes to a file:
You have a file open. You made changes. You want to save it. Same filename,
same location, same file type. The program isn't important. Go!
Left click on File on the menu bar.
Click on Save.
That should be all. Nothing will likely come up and tell you it
was saved.
Another possibility is that the "Save" is "greyed out". This likely
means you haven't made changes to the file.
The final option is that the "Save As..." window will pop-up. Shame
on you, this is the first time saving this file. Have you read nothing
I have written?
Using
"Save As..." to change the filename or location (file type in a later
lesson):
This is a very useful function for keeping previous versions of files. For
example, you write a nasty letter to your ex and are about to print it when
you realize you can do better with a few changes. So you make those changes
and aren't sure yet, what do you do? Ding, Ding, Ding: Save As... Keep them
both.
